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Installationsbefehl Sicherheitshinweise

Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install fontforge

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPortsverifiziert · 94%

sudo port install fontforge

MacPorts ports tree · graphics/fontforge/Portfile · Quelle: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apkverifiziert · 92%

sudo apk add fontforge

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · fontforge · Quelle: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · fontforge · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnfverifiziert · 92%

sudo dnf install fontforge

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · fontforge · Quelle: dl.fedoraproject.org

Nixverifiziert · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#fontforge

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix · Quelle: api.github.com

Arch Linux pacmanverifiziert · 92%

sudo pacman -S fontforge

Arch Linux sync databases · fontforge · Quelle: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

openSUSE zypperverifiziert · 92%

sudo zypper install fontforge

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · fontforge · Quelle: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolateyverifiziert · 92%

choco install fontforge

Chocolatey community package catalog · fontforge · Quelle: community.chocolatey.org

Scoopverifiziert · 92%

scoop install extras/fontforge

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/fontforge.json · Quelle: api.github.com

Windows Package Managerverifiziert · 92%

winget install --id FontForge.FontForge -e

Windows Package Manager source index · FontForge.FontForge · Quelle: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Command-line outline and bitmap font editor/converter

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

acorn2sfd
dewoff
findtable
fontforge
fontimage
fontlint
pcl2ttf
pfadecrypt
rmligamarks
sfddiff
showttf
stripttc
ttf2eps
woff

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

FontForge is a free font editor and converter for creating, editing, inspecting, and converting outline and bitmap fonts across formats such as OpenType, TrueType, UFO, CID-keyed fonts, and Multiple Master fonts.

Projektgeschichte

FontForge began as PfaEdit, written by George Williams after experiments with Unicode font work and PostScript font editing. The official history says the first web-posted version appeared on November 7, 2000, and that the project moved to SourceForge in April 2001.

PfaEdit expanded quickly: support for pfb, TrueType, BDF, Type 2/OpenType-in-sfnt, CID-keyed fonts, internationalized user interfaces, OpenType GSUB/GPOS features, scripting, FreeType-backed debugging, SVG fonts, and Multiple Master support all arrived in the early 2000s. In March 2004, after users argued that `PfaEdit` no longer described the program, it was renamed FontForge.

The current project is community-maintained. The README describes FontForge as free software for Windows, Mac OS X, and GNU/Linux, and the documentation identifies copyright by George Williams for 2000-2012 and FontForge authors thereafter.

Adoptionsgeschichte

FontForge grew from a personal editor into a community font-engineering tool because it handled many formats and exposed both a graphical interface and scripting. The official history highlights user requests and conference feedback as drivers for features such as SVG fonts, multi-master support, internationalization, and scripting.

Its modern homepage presents downloads, documentation, development links, mailing-list help, and a GitHub organization, reflecting its transition from a SourceForge-era desktop application into a long-lived open-source typography project.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users launch the FontForge GUI for visual font editing, or use bundled command-line utilities such as `fontforge`, `fontlint`, `sfddiff`, `fontimage`, and conversion helpers for automated inspection and conversion workflows.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

FontForge is package-nerd significant because it is both an application and a toolbox: distributions package it for desktop font designers, automated font QA, format conversion, and build pipelines that need scriptable font manipulation without proprietary editors.

Zeitleiste

2000: The first PfaEdit version was posted to the web on November 7.
2001: PfaEdit moved to SourceForge and gained Type 2/OpenType-in-sfnt, CID-keyed font, and early internationalization support.
2002: PfaEdit gained a scripting interface.
2004: PfaEdit was renamed FontForge in March.
2012: Copyright stewardship shifted from George Williams to the broader FontForge authors.
2025: The official documentation identifies the 20251009 documentation release.

Related projects

FontForge is related to FreeType, SourceForge-era PfaEdit, Design With FontForge, UFO workflows, OpenType/TrueType tooling, and the wider open-source type-design ecosystem.

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Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: blue

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Risikoklassifikator

blue Risiko · mittel Konfidenz · tool

Warum

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Signale

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Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 6 Plattformziele verfügbar.
Installiert mit 17 Laufzeitabhängigkeiten.
Build-Metadaten listen 4 Build-Abhängigkeiten.

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Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit
`acorn2sfd`	cli	globales Executable
`dewoff`	cli	globales Executable
`findtable`	cli	globales Executable
`fontforge`	cli	globales Executable
`fontimage`	cli	globales Executable
`fontlint`	cli	globales Executable
`pcl2ttf`	cli	globales Executable
`pfadecrypt`	cli	globales Executable
`rmligamarks`	cli	globales Executable
`sfddiff`	cli	globales Executable
`showttf`	cli	globales Executable
`stripttc`	cli	globales Executable
`ttf2eps`	cli	globales Executable
`woff`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-10

Manager-Version20251009

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/fontforge/fontforgenone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:fontforge
Version	20251009
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/fontforge
Homepage	https://fontforge.github.io
Repository	https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://fontforge.org/docs/index.html
Lizenz	GPL-3.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/fontforge/fontforge/releases/download/20251009/fontforge-20251009.tar.xz
Abhängigkeiten	brotli, cairo, fontconfig, freetype, gettext, giflib, glib, jpeg-turbo, libpng, libspiro, libtiff, libtool, libuninameslist, pango, python@3.14, readline, woff2
Build-Abhängigkeiten	cmake, gettext, ninja, pkgconf
Von macOS bereitgestellte Bibliotheken	libxml2
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert
Einschränkungen	This formula only installs the command line utilities. FontForge.app can be downloaded directly from the website: https://fontforge.github.io Alternatively, install with Homebrew Cask: brew install --cask fontforge

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	fontforge
Version Scheme	0
Revision	1
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1

font editor

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge

Section: fonts
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
9 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fontforge from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

fontforge-common 1:20230101~dfsg-4

font editor (common files)

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-common

Section: fonts
Architecture: all
Source Package: fontforge
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-common from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

fontforge-doc 1:20230101~dfsg-4

documentation for fontforge

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-doc

Section: doc
Architecture: all
Source Package: fontforge
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-doc from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

fontforge-extras 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1

font editor - extra programs

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-extras

Section: fonts
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
4 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-extras from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

fontforge-nox 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1

font editor - non-X version

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-nox

Section: fonts
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: fontforge-nox from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

libfontforge4 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1

font editor - runtime library

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install libfontforge4

Section: libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
15 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: libfontforge4 from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Debian apt95%

python3-fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-4+b1

font editor - Python bindings

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install python3-fontforge

Section: python
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
2 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: python3-fontforge from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Nix95%

fontforge

nix profile install nixpkgs#fontforge

normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

nixpkgs package indexes · api.github.com · nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/fo/fontforge/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

Ubuntu apt95%

fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

font editor

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge

Section: universe/x11
Architecture: amd64
9 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
4 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

fontforge-common 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

font editor (common files)

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-common

Section: universe/fonts
Architecture: all
Source Package: fontforge
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-common from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

fontforge-doc 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

documentation for fontforge

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-doc

Section: universe/doc
Architecture: all
Source Package: fontforge
1 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-doc from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

fontforge-extras 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

font editor - extra programs

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-extras

Section: universe/x11
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
4 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-extras from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

fontforge-nox 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

font editor - non-X version

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install fontforge-nox

Section: universe/graphics
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: fontforge-nox from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

libfontforge4 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

font editor - runtime library

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install libfontforge4

Section: universe/libs
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
15 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: libfontforge4 from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Ubuntu apt95%

python3-fontforge 1:20230101~dfsg-1.1build1

font editor - Python bindings

https://fontforge.github.io/en-US/

sudo apt install python3-fontforge

Section: universe/python
Architecture: amd64
Source Package: fontforge
2 Abhängigkeiten
2 optionale Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-fontforge from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

apk95%

fontforge 20251009-r1

Free (libre) font editor (CLI tools)

https://fontforge.org/

sudo apk add fontforge

License: GPL-3.0-or-later
Architecture: x86_64
Source Package: fontforge
1 Abhängigkeiten
1 stellt bereit
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Fontforge

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org · Alpine Linux edge package indexes: fontforge from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/fontforge.yml

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fontforge mit Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper, scoop, winget installieren

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Paketzusammenfassung

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Projektgeschichte

Adoptionsgeschichte

Wie es verwendet wird

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Zeitleiste

Related projects

Quellen

Risikostufe: blue

Risikoklassifikator

Warum

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Installationsverhalten

Empfohlene Prüfung

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Version und Aktualität

Paketmetadaten

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Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Interne Paketlinks

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